Soulful Words: Le Soleil Donne

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“Because through love, we feel the intensity of our connection to everything and everyone. And at the core we are all the same. We’re all one.” ― Loving Annabelle

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LE SOLEIL DONNE
– Laurent Voulzy –

Tape sur nos systèmes
L’envie que tout le monde s’aime
Le soleil donne
Ce vieux désir super
Qu’on serait tous un peu frères
Le soleil donne

Le soleil donne
De l’or intelligent
Le soleil donne
La même couleur aux gens
La même couleur aux gens
Gentiment

Feel fire in your blood
Make believe we’re all in love, in the sundance
You can dream the sweetest games
Hold hands around the flames, in the sundance
In the sundance
The gold keeps coming down
In the sundance
White’s turning into brown
And rain don’t stay around painting the town
(We’re just dancing)
(In the sundance)

Nace al deseo de quererse mas, olé el sol
Oro inteligente alumbra la gente, olé el sol
Olé el sol
A todo el mundo da, olé el sol
Una tez morena, una tez morena igual

(Cuando, cuando baila el sol a sol mi piel morena tiene sabor)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Ioh-oh, ioh-oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, oh, just color me tomorrow
You can never stop the changing skies, dancing in the sundance

Tape sur nos systèmes
L’envie que tout le monde s’aime
Le soleil donne
Ce vieux désir super
Qu’on serait tous un peu frères
Le soleil donne

Le soleil donne
De l’or intelligent,
Le soleil donne
La même couleur aux gens
La même couleur aux gens
Gentiment
(Sundance, sundance, sundance)
Le soleil donne
(Sundance, dance, dance, dance)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la misma tez morena,
Siento, me siento pedacitos del sol
Oh, oh, oh, oh, just color me tomorrow
We’ve got children living in our eyes, dancing in the sundance
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens

(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Ioh-oh, ioh-oh, la même couleur aux gens

Le Soleil Donne.

Click here for the English translation.

A Delayed Spring

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The weather hasn’t changed much; it is still very cold here in California especially for this time of year.

The signs of Spring came a little late this year due to the erratic weather we’ve had for the past couple of months.The Daffodils, which are usually our first bloomers, didn’t make it out until the end of March. As the weather began to warm up, everything is coming in a rush and the gardens bursting into life with flowers.

Daffodil Replete.

Daffodil Replete, also know as Luscious Double Daffodil, are my latest perennials addition. Many years ago I planted Ice King Double Daffodils as well as Tazetta ‘Grand Primo’, which I ended up loosing the bulbs to gophers the next season. I hope we can enjoy the Replete for may more years to come.

Daffodil Replete.

The Purple Leaf Cherry Plum trees were the first trees to put out flowers and they were absolutely stunning with lush display of delicate flowers. We live in an extremely windy area, which means that we often lose flowers and flower petals almost as soon as they emerge.

Purple Leaf Cherry Plum Blossoms.

As you can see, the trees are also leafing out.

Purple Leaf Cherry Plum Blossoms.

Happy Gardening and blessed Easter Sunday!

Wet & Cold Winter

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The past months have been very cold here in California. We were so grateful December for the rainfall after such a very long period of dry weather. Since then, it has been cold, extremely cold. On Saturday and Sunday, we had our first heavy snowfall of the year. This morning as well, we had some light snowfall.

California is colder than usual at this time of year, and it appears that Mother Nature is done with us. Still, we are grateful for every bit of rain we get.

Backyard in a blanket of snow.

Plants and trees were covered in snow, and as a result, we had a few broken branches.

Plants covered icicles and snow.

Sculptures and yard decorations alike were covered in snow; it wasn’t until the following morning that we all stepped out to clear the driveway and let the kids build a snowman.

Sculptures & Decorations covered in Snow.

Indeed, snowfall makes everything it touches and covers look beautiful, and brightens  the World. The flip sides to this beauty can be quite damaging and devastating: road closure due to massive flooding, debris, cracks, fallen trees, fallen electric poles, mudslides, rockslides, erosion, etc.

As I anticipate the arrival of Spring, I wish everyone a warm and safe Winter.